Axios - The Trump administration's crackdown on gender-affirming care is expanding rapidly as officials investigate hospitals, cut off benefits for federal workers and their dependents, and pick new fights with blue states.
The latest moves could put hospitals and other providers in the middle of a showdown between federal power and patient privacy protections — or even force health providers to break their own state laws.
- The actions have also created an atmosphere of fear for transgender individuals, their families, and health providers who say they're providing medically necessary care and haven't violated any laws...
The Office of Personnel Management stripped coverage of gender-affirming care for minors and adults for federal workers beginning next year, other than mental health treatment and certain ongoing hormonal treatment.
- HHS said on Thursday that it's pulling a $5.8 million annual grant from a California program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections in adolescents because the state refused to scrub mentions of what officials called "gender ideology." More here
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